Here is a milestone chart for infants,
milestones for infant up to one year old and development chart for
infants less than 1 year old.
This milestone chart is for infants who are seven
months to one year. It enumerates skills that children normally do, are
still learning and the ones that they might do though they are still
advanced for their age, month by month, from seven months of age to the
age of twelve months or one year:
| Age of the Child |
Common Skills |
Skills Still Learning |
Rare Skills |
| 7 months old |
Sits without support
Makes sweeping motion to reach for things
Babbles |
Combines syllables to form word like
sounds
Crawls or lunges forward |
Stands with support or while holding
something
Waves to say goodbye
Bangs objects to produce sounds |
| 8 months old |
Uses 'mama' or 'dada' to parents, not
necessary the right one
Crawls
Passes object from hand to hand |
Stands with support or while holding
something
Masters crawling
Points at objects |
Pulls self to standing position and
tries to cruise with support of walls or furniture
Picks things up using 'pincer grasp' or using thumb and finger
Tries to express himself using gestures |
| 9 months old |
Combines syllables to form word like
sounds
Stands with support or while holding something |
Picks things up using 'pincer grasp'
or using thumb and finger
Tries to cruise with support of walls or furniture
Bangs objects together |
Plays infant games with small rhymes
Says 'dada' and 'mama' to the right parent |
| 10 months old |
Waves to say goodbye
Picks things up using 'pincer grasp' or using thumb and finger
Masters crawling
Explores and cruises |
Says 'dada' and 'mama' to the right
parent
Responds to own name
Understands 'No'
Expresses himself using gestures |
Drinks from a cup
Stands alone without support for a couple of seconds
Puts objects in a container and pull them out |
| 11 months old |
Says 'dada' and 'mama' to the right
parent
Plays infant games with small rhymes
Stands alone without support for a couple of seconds |
Imitates what others are doing
Puts objects in a container and pull them out
Understands simple sentences and instructions |
Drinks from a cup
Learns one word besides 'mama' and 'dada'
Stoops while standing |
| 12 months old or One year old |
Imitates what others are doing
Jabbers and make sounds that are like words
Expresses himself using gestures |
Learns one word besides 'mama' and
'dada'
Takes a few steps
Understands simple sentences and instructions and responds to them |
Scribbles with crayon
Masters walking
Learns two words besides 'mama' and 'dada' |
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